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Stand-off between Langa residents after tavern reopens

Owner accuses those opposing his business of being xenophobic

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News | 17 February 2020

Raw sewage flows into Sundays River, possibly for years already

Municipality says mechanical and electrical failure causing spillage

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News | 17 February 2020

Prison officials explain Ramaphosa’s decision to reduce sentences

Officials ask Dunoon residents to accept ex-convicts back into society, as nearly 900 released from Pollsmoor

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News | 17 February 2020

PRASA vs Siyangena: #UniteBehind joins court case to force rail agency to fight for billions of rands

PRASA doesn’t even have a law firm to represent it in huge upcoming legal battle

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News | 14 February 2020

Equality Court orders shop to accommodate wheelchairs

“I want to give my son as full a life as I can, even if it means fighting so he can go to the shop like anyone else” says mother

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News | 14 February 2020

Parents shut down Eastern Cape school over teacher shortage

“It is almost seven years now encountering the same problem” says SGB

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News | 14 February 2020

Court increases compensation for Ekurhuleni workers from R6,000 to R24,000 each

Former participants in municipal job creation programme not given status of permanent employees

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News | 14 February 2020

Khayelitsha schools demand security guards and metal detectors

Province says that it has allocated money for security; condemns protest during school hours

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News | 13 February 2020

Soiled Milnerton lagoon cannot wait three years, says OUTA

Joe Slovo informal settlement needs proper sanitation and the Potsdam Wastewater Treatment Works needs to be fixed

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News | 13 February 2020

N2 highway blocked as Butterworth residents protest over water

Protesters want President Ramaphosa to intervene

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News | 13 February 2020

Archbishop: 2020 to be the year of the orange jumpsuit

Civil society rallies against state capture

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News | 13 February 2020

“From the streets, to Hanover Park, to Artscape”

There will be one performance only of the play Don’t Miss Your Turning Point at Artscape on Saturday

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News | 13 February 2020

Wits management, SRC reach agreement on student registration and accommodation

R2 million will be allocated towards sourcing additional beds

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News | 12 February 2020

Deaf children must wait, says Eastern Cape Department of Education

School gutted by fire won’t be fixed until 2023-4

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News | 12 February 2020

Residents to take municipality to court over water meters

Witzenberg municipality accused of denying indigent grants to residents who refuse to install water management devices

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News | 12 February 2020

Fire victims relocated to waterlogged site

Survivors of a devastating blaze in December say the site they were relocated to is unsuitable and unserviced

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News | 12 February 2020